From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Apr 6 17:40:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA12205 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 17:40:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA12199 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 17:40:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA09246; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:40:37 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980407104034.19303@welearn.com.au> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:40:34 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: "Michael P. Sale" Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mounting floppy file systems References: <01bd61bb$7d113420$3206bccc@708644668> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <01bd61bb$7d113420$3206bccc@708644668>; from Michael P. Sale on Mon, Apr 06, 1998 at 05:24:12PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Apr 06, 1998 at 05:24:12PM -0700, Michael P. Sale wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been sort of lurking in the background here (as I seem to do with most > newsgroups), but as a newbie ran into something semi-annoying today. While > trying to mount my floppy (following instructions on "the complete freebsd" > pg 211) I ran into all sorts of fun with that darn /A. After buying a > little sense, I did some searching and came up with the /mnt instead. Works > just fine now, though I'm still searching for how to get the /A set up as > well.. We're not getting the full picture yet. Is it a DOS formatted floppy? Have you told /etc/fstab to expect one of those when mounting /A or not? Does the /A directory exist? Exactly what command are you using to mount the floppy? > Was I jettin along too fast at the beginning of the book, possibly missing > the part that told me why /A should work later? Is this worth asking to get > put in as Errata later? I kinda figured that it must be somewhere else in > the book, or else it would have made it into the first errata. You shouldn't still be using the first errata. Check inside the first page and pick up the current one. Additions are always well received. -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message